Reference
Date 19 April 2012
Event ID 936564
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/936564
UKHO Identifier : 001273
Feature Class : Obstn
State : LIVE
Classification : Unclassified
Position (Lat/long) : 58.89163,-2.90319
Horizontal Datum : ETRS 1989
WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 58.89163,-2.90319
WGS84 Origin : Original
Previous Position : 58.89167,-2.90283
Position Quality : Precisely known
Depth Quality : Depth unknown
Water Depth : 8
Vertical Datum : Mean Low Water Springs
Name : THAMES
Type : BLOCKSHIP
Flag : BRITISH
Sonar Length : 35.0
Sonar Width : 10.0
Orientation : 100.0
Tonnage : 1327
Tonnage Type : Gross
Date Sunk : ??/??/1914
Sonar Signal Strength : Strong
Scour Depth : 0.0
Debris Field : NIL
Contact Description : Entire wreck
Original Sensor : Reported Sinking
Last Sensor : Acoustic Sensor
Original Detection Year : 1914
Last Detection Year : 2010
Original Source : Other
Last Source : Survey Vessel
Circumstances of Loss : **BUILT IN 1887. STEEL HULL. SINGEL SHAFT. SUNK AS A BLOCKSHIP. STERN REMOVED LATER & HULL CUT DOWN. (WKS OF SCAPA FLOW).
Surveying Details : **H8698/19 MENTIONED IN SALVAGE OPERATIONS ON 'AORANGI'.
**H5371/24 11.8.24 DWP LIES 076DEGS, 5C FROM SKAILDAQUAY PT, OR 585330N, 025400W. SANCTION OF TREASURY TO PAY �6,800 FOR REMOVAL OF 'THAMES' AND 'LORNE'. RA COAST OF SCOTLAND TO WATCH PROCEEDINGS. (NL1349/30). INS AS DWP 076DEGS, 5C FROM SKAILDAQUAY PT. BR STD.
**10.7.31 ATTEMPTS TO SALVAGE VESSEL ABANDONED. (NL2149/31).
**H7308/56 13.5.59 INS CAUTION NOTE ON 35. - NM 1924/58.
**H2496/72 14.3.72 STATED TO BE 318.5DEG, 2300FT FROM LAMB HOLM TRIG STN (61). STANDING UPRIGHT ABOUT 11FT HIGH, WITH ABOUT 28FT OVER IT. WK HAS BEEN BLASTED BUT LEAVING HULL INTACT ALMOST TO GUNWHALE, BUT WITH STERN MISSING. TOP OF WK CONSISTS OF SUPERSTRUCTURE. (UNDERMARINE OPERATIONS, 5.3.72). INS AS DWP. BR STD.
**3.7.80 COVERED BY LEGEND: 'OBSTRUCTIONS - SEE NOTE' CENTRED ON 5853.500N, 0254.170W [WGD] ON NC 35.
POSITIONS BELOW THIS POINT ARE IN DEGREES, MINUTES AND DECIMALS OF A MINUTE
**5.10.10 EXAM'D IN 5853.498N, 0254.191W [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 6.37MTRS. (FATHOMS LTD, POST SDC BATHY REPROCESSING). LENGTH APPROX 35MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 100/280 DEGS. APPEARS AS A SEABED MOUND. COVERED BY LEGEND. NCA.
General Comments : APPEARS AS A SEABED MOUND
Chart Symbol : OB
Charting Comments : LEGEND: 'OBSTNS - SEE NOTE', OBSTN NOT CHARTED
